Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1874, Page 8

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1874, JOHN B. LYON. e Wants to Get Back Into ths Board of Trade, As Do Also Messrs. G. J. Brine and T. B. Rice. Points Wherein They Believe the Board of Direotors at Fault, An Injunction Granted. The membors of thoold firm of J, B, Lyon & Co., who wero recontly -eusponded from tho Toard of Trada for failuroto perform cortntn con- trnots growing out of their corner” in 1873, dlod bills In the Buporior Court, asking injunc- tions to rostrain tho Donrd of Trade or the Bonrd of Dircctors from interfering with thoir rights nnd priviloges au former mombors of the Board. Jobn B. Lyon and George J. Brino each filed & bill in chianeory, whils Tihomae B. Rico chose to pursus his romedy by filing a potition for a writ of mnodamud, JOTN 1, LYOY. Lyon, in hia bill, covouing 126 pages of logal cap, first sols out tuat ho Las hoon for moro than fitteon yenea ongngod fu.the businoss of buying ead tmliin;: gmfil ond other coroal in the city. Somo timoin 1850 he Leeamo a mombor of tha Jlonrd of Trado, about the time of 1ty organiza- tion. "'ho bill thon states tho provisions of the Iaw under which tho Board of Trade was organized, tho torms of its ohartor, and its powors il admit- tiug or oxpolling mombore, At the presont time ‘the’ Board nunibora sbout 1,800 membors, and owns nea 1y $200,000 In stocks and Governmont bouds. No gonsiderablo amount of business can De done in denling iu grain except through the Bonrd or its mowmbers, The smount of “whent bought ond sold thore, during ihe year 1873, amonnted to 26,000,000 bushols; cort, 88,000, 000 busholy; oats, 18,000,000 bushels, and tho simmber of hogs bought and sold smountod to about 4,500,000, I'he rules of the Board provide that nll finan- cinl and business concerns shall be managed in accordnnce with tho chartor and rules of the ps- sociation, by and undor the diraction of the Bonrd of Divectors, It aball also ba the duty of tho Bonard of Diroctois to examine chiarges of misconduck in businoss mntters, or of falure to perform business obligations, and on_failure to kcop contracts the guilty party shall bo aus~ peudled. TIIE SUSPENSION, In November, 1474, complainunt entered into o copatnersbip with GoorgoJ. Briuo and Thom- as B, Rice, whioh eontinued nntil Jaounry, 1873, Fob. 5, 1874, each of the above namad portios waro served with n notice by the Becretary of the Board of Trado to tho effect that Dugan, Cnso & Co, bod filed a complaint pgsinst them ou an unpaid balanco for whoat sold on Jan. 8, 1872, amounting to $1,084.41, which would bo tricd on the Oth of Fobruary. Thoe tomplaing way dated May 24, 1873, but wns uot filed until Oct. 9, 1678, nor acted on natil February, 1874. 1v18 clauned that tho power of suapension or expulsion resides only in tho body of the cor- Jioration, and’ no authority ia given to delognte ‘auch power tofs Borrd of Directors, The power involves o discrotion, sud can only be excreised when tho essontinl forms of o legal proceoding oo observed, Tho'charter allows Committecs of Tioference and Arbitration and Committoes of Appeals, Uundor such pormission, Bonrds of Arbitration snd Appoals wore organized, with yower only, as complainant claims, to hoar cies voluntarily submitted to them. &ndor the ohartor, the ouly power to dotorming guestions concorning the validity of a caniract, ausess, damnzes, or Qix liabilitios, is the DBoar of Arbitrations and Apponls, and thoy only ex- brcise the power when voluntarily conforred by partion. The liability for breach ot cantract atc., I & legal question, and only tobe determined by the courts, The Chnirman of the Committeo ! of Avbratation or Appoals only has power to rd- miaister orths or fesite procesy,nod no such pow- ors are vosted in the Board of Directora. . TIF, CONTRACT. Complainant alzo insista that tho contrnct on which complaint was made was ontered inio mora than a year bafore the filg of snch com- plaint, aud, therefore, was void under a rule of ho Bonrd outlawing such claims, The roll of tho mombers of the Board was lost m the prent fire. A second book was roparcd for signatures, av tho top of {thch waa & condlition which tho membora sub- teribad to, when they signed, plodging them to pubmit to il the rulos ot the Board thon oxisting, or Lhoroaftor to be adopted. But Lyon insisita tho Bonrd can ouly nck nccoraance with its charter, and such n hending to the roll amounts in law ta =a obligation, when, as he claime, it is only an agroeineny, which would niot bind him to any construction the Board might choose to pub on tho rulee aud by-lawe. Such o submiesion it wzs poseible to revoke at any time before final action by the Bonrd. ALWAYS DISPUTED. The claim of Dugan, Case & Co, has slwaya Lecn dispuled, aud complainant olaima that it is necessary to have it established by some compe- fout autbority bofora tho Toard of Di-- rectors can uct, The complainant refused to scknowlodgo the jurisdiction of the Bonrd, the validity of the ullégod coutenot, or tho form of the complaint, nud nsked to huve counsel present az tho trial, which was refused. Tha trinl thon proceeded without him. The com- plaint was dismissed, but a rehearing was aftor- werds bad, the contract found to have boen broken, aud complawmaut, therefors, nnd bis partners, were suspended, Lyon charges thas HE HAD AGREED . tosubmit to thedevision of the Board all dis- )tes on_contracts whero the_complalnts had cen iled within the proscribed year. Io also agreed to submit the mabters to - the courts, and it & vordict was rou- dered against tho finm, it sbould bo paid im- mediately. ‘I'he voto of susponsion waa 7 yoas 10 6 vuys, ANOTHER CLADI. ‘On the 84 of April, snd before the suspension, ", 11, Seymour & Co, filed a complaint wlleging o balauce due of $2,162.50 on another deal August, 1872, To thw claim complalnant also alleges bis firm has & good defeuse, and that Seymour & Co. huve nover taken any Jogs} stops to ostoblish their dobt, eithor in court or bofore the Committeo on Arbiteation or Appoals. Tho complainant’s firm filedobjections 1o the juris. diction, oy they had to the first, bus the Board went on with the evidence, and passad a vote of suopension, NO TENDEL MADE. Lyon alleges that tho ovisence taken in the ©ugg, u copy of whicl is filed with tuo bill, shows that' tho contracts campiained of were ail time contructy, either * vollor August,’” “ soller Septombor,” or “seller tho year,” In nccord- aneo with fho rules of the Board, ho had put up marginn, But he claims the pratondod labilities are in the nature of forfeitures, and be denies that Dugan, Caso & Co. or Soymour & Co. have compliod With tho roquiromonts nocossary to fix tho linbility of his firm. It iu nlso slnimed that the party -not in defmult wan only sell out after o tendor of the grain, and the fallure of tho purchaser to recelvo it whou teudered. Margins, Lyon says, doposited ny the buyer, aro ouly eecurity that ho wonld tuke nnd puy for the grain when praperly tonderod, and s _fuilure to put up additional margins 18.n0 offcuse under the rules, bub only gives the seller the right to closo the contracts, and Dugan & Co, and Seymour & Co, wore re- «uitod to teuder bofore solling. 'hers is no ovidenco to support this, nor to show that either of the firms bac any grain that they could tcndor, No notico was glvon to complainauts flrm of the elegtion tocloso up thoe contract, as should have boen riven, uu(ll thorefore, it is allegod tho forfeituro s void. éumpluhmnt donios that any notico way givon his flrm, or thnt thoy admitted the corrootness of the accounts for differences pro- sonted to them, Ilo nolnowledges that his firm «id surrender the marging to Dugan, Cnse & Co,, but the réason for that was, because the murgin checks wera mado psyablo to tho jolnt order of both parties, and complainants could nou draw them, but the delivery was made under protost. ONJECT OF THE RULE. foo. 9, Rulo 6, of the Buatd of Trade, undor which the complnints were made, Was designed, Mr, Lyou thinks, to promoze prompt- nows on the part of the mowhara in propor casos and not to nrd partion in tho colloctlon of old an disputed linbilitles, and the rule uecessarlly im plios that & party, if he woelk to enforce pmm}u- ess in good faith, sboll make his complaint with promptnesy, and the complaiutsin quostion wore anly sttempts to enforco tho callection of ol dabte, and wero not Within tho intontion of guld Ttule 5. Moreovor, it 1u Iusistod that, tho by~ Juws being silent g to the form of procaedings, the Board of Dirsctors should aot in- accordanos with the rules of the common law. ANOTHER INSTANGE : A8 of irrogularity it I statod Ay, though the full Bonrd were prenont at the Iast mooting whon tho voto wns _takon, yob such wns not the caso ¢ #omie of tho proyious moolings, but that some- timos ono, somot{mon two, weto absont. A. S, Burt, In partioular, cnst bis vote nftor. a rhort statomont of tho 'ovidonco In the caso, ‘Lhis, Lyon claitms, was & fraud on his rights. Itis oo donied that firms can mako oharges, but that it must bo dono in all cacos by individuals, and it is olalmod that tho nct of tho Doard ox« eludiug conusel was {liegal. On tho 98th of April complainant and his firm woro #uspended, and tho fact announced tho noxt day. * Lyon has applicd to the doorkespora of the Bonrd of Trade raom, but unsuccossfulty, to bo allowed to go into tho Duard-room agalu, U8 LORYES, Complafonnt avers that his commissionn by being & membor of the Board of Trade have wmouuted to $30,000 a year ab timos, and his business will bo brought to o standatill, his atonding bo injured lrroparably, and his mom- horship in tho Doard, a valuablo franchiso, loet, unloss the Doard of Diroctors bo rostrained from intorforing with _ him in Dfe attondsnco on he Board. Oomplainant therefora asks an injunction to provont thom from interforing with'his right to entor the Doard ot all timos and transnot Lis business as of old. DRINE. Tho bill of George Brino eots up a similap stato of fuols, snd in ench caso an iujunction wag granted as asked, under s bond for $1,000. Thoman J. Rice also shows a like state of facts, aud aske o mandsmus to restoro him io his rights 08 p mombor of the Board, COST OF RAXLWAY TRANSPORTATION. Paper XXead by Me. Lo Pe Morchonse ofore the Socioty ok Civil Engie noerss The rogular meoting of the Chicago Socloty of Civil Englneors was hold, yestordsy ovening, in tho rooma of the -Acadomy of Boionce. Tho chair was taken by Mr, OChesbrough, Prosident of tho Assoolation. After tho reading and adop- tion of the minutesof the provious meoting, Messrs. D. S. Willlame, of Milwanloe, and I, W. Clark, Chief Enginoer of the Chicago Tranait Ruilwoy Compnny, wero admitiod to memborship in tho Socloty. Mr, L. P. Morohouse rend a paper which he biad propared upon **The Costo? Transporiation on Railways.” The speakor held that the busi- noss of téansportation bad hardly yot attained the position of an oxact soienco, and it would soom that the vory foundations which undorlay tlhie wholo subjeot were not yet woll estab- lished, or, at losst, mot upiversally acknowlodged. The object of the papor ‘was to bring more clearly to viow {wo or threo faoto thut might ba called $he foundation- stones of the subjoct. . Ouo of the most important questions involved wag 10 relation to the NEASONABLENESS OF THE NATES, and it was right to make 1:quiry to ascortain tho principles governing {he establishmont of charges for transportation, It was evident that tho coot of perforwing aby work was a vory important element in detarminiug the roceipts of the per- formor. According to statistics, the average ox= ponse of running & train ono mile, on all the rail- 1oads of Ohio, Penneylvania, INivols, New York, and Massachusctts for the year 1872 was 21, but aglance at tho figures showud that this varied from 85 conts 1n Obio to 181 cents in Maesachu-~ setts, and examination showed that the Inttor amount ropresentad au averageof amounts, vary~ ing from 99 conts to 178 conts, These figuros showed that tho Iaw of averages fixing §1 aa the oxpenss of running a train for & milo was limited in its application, Thé spoaker nsked, What is the cost of transportation on Western roads? aud stated that the fleld of Investigation way so vast that ho would only bo ablo in his papar to touch upon its borders. It was n well-known fact that the oxpenses of & railroad for a single year might not fuirly show the propor average for & mumber of yonrs, nor was 1t sufe to flake tho avernge of & numbor of ronds for one year, [urxrusperily and bard timey incrensed and decrensed their business allalike, It wan move rolinble to take the statistics of a singlo roprasontativo rond for n torm of yonrs and drow conclusions from them. From the published reports of the ILLINOIH CENTRAL RAILROAD, it was found that the uVHrngfl lougth of road op- erated was V82 miles, and the exponte per train U4 cents. - I'bis might soom at firat & fair average, but a moment’s coneideration showed thatithe point had not yet been reached whero the cost of any patticular portion of the business could bo stated. It waa desirablo to nscertain what part of the wholo expente wan due to actual {rans. Partion or_dependent on the movement of tho raing, and what part was dua to tho genernl op- eration of the road. Undor the former, which 1migat bo called THE DINECT EXFENSE, would bo olassed the oxpouses of the mainte- nanco and service of engines and cnrs, wuges aid to trawsmen, cto, Indirect expenses woutd wcluds ropairs of fencos aud bunldings, and il oxonsos tzat Loro mo direot relation to actual transportation. ‘Lhe sponkor in opening confined himself to 4 - THE FREIGUT BUSINESS. Trom the report he found that the dircot ex- ponses of treight busine:s for train oxponsey, ore $10,828,162.10, The total froight milesgs was 24,316,440 miles, so tho expensa por mile due to train gorvice would bo 44.45 cents. 'I'he exponse for maintenauce of way, should be davidod between the possenger aud freight busi- ness, in proportion to the damnge done by each, which was in proportion to the spoed and weight of trains, The weight of freight trnins wasabout twico that of passenger trains, and the apeed noout ono-thivd lesa. A freight train of the samo weight a8 & pussenger tiain, would do two-thirds 08 much damage to track, and one of twica the weight' one-third more, T'he passenger train mileage therofore repredont~ ed, 80 far a8 maintenance of way was concern~ ed, n freight train mileago of tleo-fourths that amount. Bwitchivg traing might bo cousidered as ropresonting ona-third of frelzht trains, and construction aud genoral {rams might bo taken as oquivalent to freight truins, Tor the eight yoars, fuo cxpenss for main- tonance of way per mile” run of sl trainy wag only n littlo moro than ono-hnlf tlis amount, ‘This oxponse was duo to a business of $232,009,- 673, and an avorage Loul of 142 mils. ‘The oarninga woro 180 conts por milo, By tho proe coding analyses it was found that 78 por cont of train oxponsos aud 26 per cent of road oxponson waro probably duo to frcl?ht, nod {t-was nasuinad that 78 por cent of tho balanco wns & propor amount, making a general average of n liitlo mors thad 74 per _cont of tha {otal oxponses, Iiad ft beon nesumed thnt the division should bo in the same proportion ns the froight and prasenger caraings, 72 Qor aont would Lo had ; and, had the dividend been mnde in' proportion to tho abaoluto miloago of freight and presongor traiug, 70 por cont would have beon obtained ; and taking the milongo ot pnesengor trains ree dnczd to freight-train bosis would give 76 por con THI COST PER TON, Tho looturer also_made a calenlntion showlng tho coat yar ton. Tho average weight of n train was 840 tona ; of tho load, tons, of which 717 tonn wore paying froight, o total oxponso of 121,84 cents, divided among tho 77 tons, gave 1,68 conts for (ho total por ton, and the amount 63.4 conta roduced likowise, gave 8,23 mills for tho direct oxpense. 'I'he average traln appoared o conrlst of nino loadod, nine empty cars, and tho way-car. COould a load bo secured for one of tho ompty ocars, tho total additional exponso 5,96 conte, Thio milvnge of frolght-traing was 346,440 miles ; of pussengor-traing, 10,154~ 807 miles s switching trains, 4,860,262 ; other trafos, 872,767 milos; total, 40,223,838 miles, Reducing passengor and switching=-traing to their equivalout mileago, it wus fouud that three-fourths of passongor mifoage was 7,613, 790 miles; onetbird of ewitohing mileago, 1,610,761 5 froight, 24,316,440 ; other, 872,730,— mnking a total mileage reprosenting freight- trains of 34,448,740 milos. ? TIE COST PRR MILI on this basls would bo 29.61 cents, inntead of 25,96 a8 found for all trains. 1t was not, how- aver, proper to_Lake thio wholo of this exponso as the items which made up this amount were dno purtly to the movemont of tinins, ns the ac. tion of wlie eloments in cauting the destruction *of the rondway, bridges, ete, bhad to be con- mdered. They could bo divided ns follows: Renewals of radls, sll due to train movoments, direct 25 per cent: joluts, spilies, muking frogs and switohes, direct7 por cont; ties, divided equally, inditect 8 per cont, dircct 6 por cents Inbor on track, divided equally, indirect 31 por cont, divect 21 par cent; repairsof bridges, and bridge wutchmen, indiroct per - oont, dircet 4 por cent; other ftoms, in- direct 1 per cont, direct 1per cont; te total percontage being iudireot 36 and divect 64 for the division of exponses of maintonnuce of way, Instoad of 20,61 conts, 64 por cont of that amount should be taken, or 18,95 cents, for tho diroot maintennnce of wuy for o train of any chargoter equal in specd tons to Lthe averaga froight-train. The omount, 20.61 cents, did not inciude the wholo sum chargeable to tho frolght businoss, for the miloage of trains producing the revenue had boen‘included, Tho proper amount was obtuined by consideriug oniy the mileago of TRAING PRODUCING REVENUE. Upon this bpafn way obrained 81,93 conts ; for malntenance of way, including direct oxponse, 18,95 cents, and indirect, 12,07, Ho far nd could be ascertaned, the direcs transporiation ex- ponaed wore ; for tralu sorvico, 44,45 conts ; for maintenanco of way, 18,05 conts ; total for run- ning o froight-train ona mlo, 63.40 ceuts, Thore was no absolute rule by which the indircct exponsos conld be divided exuetly boe twoon the freight and passengor ° busi- nosH, Assume that they should be divided in tho same proportion” as tho direct expenses for train service,~73 por cent to freight and 27 por cont to pageongor trains,—tho toual exponsed wero, for train sorvice, 87 per cont; for maintenance of wry, 26 por cent; other ex- punsos, 39 por cent; iaxes, 9 por cent. Tho amount for taxes was exooptionally lnrgo in tho cago of the Itlincls Central Ratiroad, Taking 73 por cont of the undivided itoms, and dividing by the freight-traln milenge, it would bo found that 45.47 conts was duo to o _indirect expouses, Tho vout per freight-train mila would thon be, divect, 640 conts; mdirect, maintenanco o way, 12.07 cents; indlroct uundlvided, 46.47 oonts ; tatal, 121,84 conts. THE TAUE COBT. Tnstead, thereforo, of a train-mile expenss of 94 conty, o8 at Hirst found, {v was seen that it was abous 142 gonts, aud that tho direot expense was would bo very smalt: Thus the expenss of hanling ton tona ndditional, the original weight of train being 840 tons, amountad to n total of 14,34 mills for dircob exponsed. 'The exponss for loading and unloading would amount to 14 conts ]mr ton, and, taking tho aversge haul of 142 mlies, tho indirect expensos would bo found to be, per milo, 10 mills, making the total extra cost for 10 tons, 24.84 mills, or lees than 214 mlll:n“ur mrnt per mll&‘la'lhA ‘vlmrgo of 8 milla or milo per ton, woul oreforo, pay a profit ol bin particnlar carload,” egupilion If another londod car were pnt into the train, tho oxtra oxpente would bo o total of 33.7 mills, orless thau 4 malls per ton, tho expouses por ton dimivishing into tho inovensing weight of train, until the limit of tho power of the anglno was roached, Tho lootuver enld that 1t might bo of Interont to pursue the investigation, so us to includo the t{mmllnn of through traflie from the Inst to tie West, with a hnul of 900 miles, As- sortions wera fraquont that, with n duublo- track stool rond from Clicago to Now York, dovoted exclusively to froight traing runnlng ton miles apar, amd - ab n spoed of ocight miles por hour, the cost of transporting whoat por bushel might bo reduced to 6 cents.. Using the datn bofore mentioned, tho locturor made the following osti- mnte of ) TOE MINTITUM CIHARGEA & Trning each 10 minutos for 16 hours per day, eny 100 trains per day, grades anid alignnients such that a train might constst of 50 cars, weigh- ing B tons aund carrying 13 tons each; weight of trawn, paylog load, 60D tons;. dond Joad, 460 tons; ~ working 'in the year 830 full days, make an nggregato amount of ton- nage East, of say 18,000,000 tons. Theo spenker oaid that withso vast an amount of freight, the total direct exponsa would be 166.6 cents per train por mile, according to_ provious data. ~Tho sposkershowed that the deductions which wor ave to be made on account of the cconomy arising from the sizo of its oporations, ‘would enoble sich & rond to carry freight st n *coat to thomeelves of 8,28 mills por ton. This caleulation wns based on_tho supposition that the business proceoded in a_ stendy stream, ollowing' the oporations * of the rond to flow on like the ourrent of amighty river andisturbed by droughts and freshets, but such a favorabie condition of things could hardly exiet in pinctice, The spoaker snbmittoa that, from the previous datn, we wero warranted in fixing the minimum av- orage rate at 14 cant per mile per ton, Tho cosb for 000 miles would bo 450 conts, or at the rate of 1314 conts per busbel, The romainder of tho ‘papor was moro gonoral in ita character. At tho conclusion of Lhe pnper n vote of thnnks was, on molion, passad to tho reader, On mo*ion, a 6 mmitteo of two was_nppainted to-perfeut arcangemonts for the making of the noxt meoting of the society a social as woll a8 a seientifio event, Tho moeting then adjourned. —_—— AMUSEMENTS. TIE OLD ¥OLKS' CONCERT, ‘The latgo and elegant sudience which assom- bled in MoCormicle Hall last ovening, upon the occasion of tho first of the series of Old Folls' Concorts showa that the public has not forgotten their excellonce, and that the namo of Carolino Richings fa still sufficicnt warrant that her con- certs will ba all and more than sho promises, During their last season we gave such s do- tailed notice of the various points of oxcellenco in this romarkable troupo that it'is needless to partioularizo at presont. Suflice it thut in point of vceelization, superb quality of voices, aud perfect harmony, wo have never hadw troupo here that can equat them. Tho gems of the eveuing's ontortainmont wero tho singing of Daroby's t*Sweot and Low," which develops tho ronl eapacity and perfect training of the troupe porhapa bottor than any other number in thoir reportoire ; Mrs. Beroard's *Old Folks at Home," which sho talos as an obligato golo, the voices forming an undortone socompauiment in pecfect pianiswimo ; and the minging of tho splendidiy-drillod mnle quartotte, By, Drowne also entortained tho nudience in a triple oncore with hi inimitsblo piano eccentriciues, It will be a pleosant announcemont to zll lovers of musio that on Thuraday evening the tronpe will perform Mendelssolin’s magniticont oratorio of 84, Panl.” This ovenivg the programmo will be as follows: pART 1, 1. Gleo—From * Oberon in Fairy Lana," Al vo Bynggorsee. 2, Fouro Parte Tune—* Jossio o' Dumlaue,” Tonre of Ye Synguerres, 8. Yo MOrel,"uovs. .eoo - Alle yo Moube Byngyorros, 4 In tho Night Blio Told 3o o Btory, ‘Margery Pinchwifo, 5. A Ploco on ye Orpane . ..Ezeitiel Overdo, 0. A Worldlye Song. .. denco Partridge, 7. Foure Parte Tuziv—" Evenlun’s Twvihgt,” : Qualcer City Quartetto, 8, Gleo—* Now by Day’s Retiriog Lamp,” Yo Bynggerres, PART I, 1, Vocal Symphony—* The Tyrol,” By one Ambrofao Thoras, 4, Mornlug Hymmns,’ 1. Pantoral Prolude, 3, Mouninyno Houg, 4. Thunder Stor, 6, Villugers’ Dauce, Allo ye Oldo Yolkee, 3, A Solo on yo Pyanoo 3, A “Syngginge Leseon, 4. Quorus—Inunting Song . Alle 5. A Worldlye Ditty “Windfhe-Tght Littie-Wit, PRSI A RN .. Allo yo Synggerrcs, 7. Dust ‘Iion Love Mo, Bister Rnth,” {:\mmlula vainlove, Hargory Pinchuwife, Win-the-ight Littletwit, Alle yo Synggorres, Inmplirey Merrythought, 8. Auld Tang Syne (in ye olden style).. Yo Synggerres. D'VICKER'S THEATIE, Maggle Mitcholl commencod her sccond woek last evening at McVicker’s Theatro, playing to an audionce of Dot very encouraging dimenslons, though of inflnite respoctability and pprecin- tion. Tho house wos dofightfully cool. This charm was attained, however, at the eacrifico of a great denlof the play tosomo, for tho rumblug of utroet-cars, and the general dun ol the city, interruptod Miss Mitcuoll's voics, or rathor hemined it in about the sccond row of tho dross- circle, Under othor_circumstancos, this would have heen trylng. Lass evening thore were so fow peoplo outrido (he chnrmed rudive that it did " not matler much, Tho drama for this weol is Miss Mitchell's spocinlty, * Fanchon, tho Cricket,” with the star in the londing part. This play, as a niatter of course, although interesting, pleavant, and unobjection- ablo in every other respect, posscsscs the dofect of & contralizod foterest. It {s Fanchon, by Maggie Mitohell, and littlo cles,—thnt littlo be- ing Mother Fadet (Myu, Allon) and Landry Bar- beaud (Mr. O'Neil). T'ho Intter aro morely fr tional slements, and, while cortainly good, aro non-casoutinl, Asa matter of ocourse, Dliss Mlitchell’s Fanchon fs a8 light and eccentric & charvactor as it ever was, lqually, of courso, the Indy's misfortunes of voice and dohvory mur it conuhlumb&'. ‘These dofectssro becoming more prononnced auld disogroonble ns timo pastios, and habits of yeais gole by become ir- removubla petrifactions of mauner, Fanchon han become n stage institution, and na snch, comos round to us year after yeur, until wo have all weon it and sympathized with it, and pro- nouticed it clevor nnd forgotten all about it until it comes round next toason ns surely ns the flics and new potatoes of enrly summor, But somehorw our esthetio palute does not look forward to Fanchon now us our other palate does to tho delusive promise of tho grocory, Wa think we cannot have too muoh of tha latter, and we fidgot wnd olear our throot and—woll, yos, we suy, we are gotting a littla tired of Fanchon, It s & highly rospectablo institution, very popular in ltu dny, but,~well its day e’ ybiie by, It “was tho' abstfact and brief chronicle of tho time," hut that timo In the past now, and tho prosont goneration doey not ¢are ko much for the bistory of the drama, “or the staid respectability of ils predeccssor,—In Chloago at any rate, It 'wants to seo somothing not very new, hat samethiug equally distant from tho uul{nudnn of novelty—whethier actuslly now or old, nonmflx(ng wo do not s0o 8o froquontly. + Fauchon " hes hot cortainly beon seen with so many pretty offeots nnd accossorien ms Mr, Bo- Yioker bay liberally bestowed upon {fs pregeuta~ ‘Terogrine PoundLoyes, |. tion on tho prosont ocoasion, mor -has Mr. Hartol avor hoforo hung up hia Larp oo the willow, tuined Lis back on the weoping troo, and substituled gaioty for Ingnbriowsncku, Tanchon ™ hina this_rocommendation; and tho villago Inds and matilons, it tholr opportunity 18 & brlef ouo, uso it wetl in ainging. THE ADELPII The bill for tho prosont wook at tho Adelphl i lmost tho sama s that of last weok. 1t will bo tho last of tho unoquolod ventriloquist, Aloxander ~ Davis, o8 woll a8 of the oxtrnordina; fomalo pgymnest In her festa of akill and strength. Bosides those main attenctions are tho othors, Miss Irankie, tho serio-gomio voonlist ; tho RoynoldaBrothors in their nl])ocinlt_v, “1'ho Hottontots ;" tho gront Karl Lind, a now Dnilet, and the comio irlok Pnutomlmo “Pho Threo Dwarfs,” To-night 6 an oxtra ladlos’ night. Bridny tho goulal and tnlented comodian nnd stago-monager, Billy Rice, will Lave a bonafit, upon which occaslon a very strong bill js promised. Monday night * Bnd Dickey,” a ospital hurlesquo, will be pro- ducod, ACADENY OF MUBIO, Thin hougs Is n porsoesion of the * Scouts of the Plaius,” othorwiso known as Buffalo Bill aud Toxnd Jnck, and ovory night this woel It will resound with tho crack of tholr gleaming riflos, and smoll very badly iudoed of powdor. 'Thoy aro neeistod “in thelr performances by Mlo. Morlacohi, formerly o _dnneoucse of considerablo notd, Mr. Frank Mordsunf, an_actor of somo morit, and o fair company, They oponed last ovening to a very largo atudienco, the gallory being crawded to suffocntion with A clngs of men and boys whoso tasto for Nterery pursnits comos toan nbma)b couclusion aftor thev hnve gono through u dime-novel conrso and a littlo heavior Dlood-and-thundor reading, 'ho lower tlors containod tho usual theatrical nudi- onca. Considorablo intorost was manifosted in stho entortainment, which consisted of tho farco_**Thrice Married,” and a four-nct sonsa- tiounl and somowhat incongruons dramn en- titled ** 'Lhe Scouts of tho Plaina,” Tha latter Deas but littlo resemblance to tio pleco of tho same namo which was prosontod here by the same performers somo time ago, being much bottor in overy respect. Tho main incidonts aro said to Lo reprosontations of actunl ocourronces in tho wild frontior lifo of Bill and Jack, and, if such is really the case, they nro entitlod to no groat erodit for their very life-lilte imporaonne tions of thomselves, If such be not the cnso, howover, thev dosorve praise for tho knowledgo of tho gtage oxhibited by them,and for tho nntural mannerin which thev spenk thoir lines. ‘The plot of tno play can roadily be imaginod by those who bave roud any book ip which wild scouts and wildor Indiany figure, ° It consists of a nories of desperato combafa'and lugonious stratagoms, in which two good shite men and an jmmnounse nim- bor of aborigines and bad white mon are eter- nally ongaged, tho former being always viotori~ ous and nover gotting hurt, while their encmics are ment to the happv hunting-grounds without the slightest compassion, The principal scenes are exciting in a measure, and the tableaux aro roally pioturesque. Morlacchi has the farca al- most to horsclf, and acquits herself vory credit- ably. Bho sings n cavatina from **Ernani” fair- Iy, dances s Spanish danes oxcollently, and ex- nilbits marked proficlencics in soveral languages. THE NEW CHIOAGO THEATRE is tho name of anothor placo of amusement de- voted to performances of the varioty order, which has been added to tho large list of good, bad, nnd indifferont places bf the kind which wo now posseas. Itis located near the cornor of Madison_sand Peorin streets, and oceupiea tho sito of Haight's Dilliard hn‘l. which bas been mado memorable by tho oratorical exploits of the Rtav. Floronco McCarthy whon he found him- self without n church to preach in. 'fho house was oponed last ovening, and mot with only falr ‘patronnge. There is nothing remarkable about it, except that it js small, and very hot down atairs, 'Che upper tiors aro a litile mora comfortablo, but that s nob saying wuch for thom, Tho porformance last evoning was not very good. Gient improvoment will have to be mndo in ordor to compete with other houses, ond the necesmty for tho utter annibilation of the opening sketch and all who appenr should De obscrvod by the mansngemont without dalny. Tontainebleau, & fomale pymnnst, is about the only porformer worthy of spocial mention, Sho dogs some clovor things in the way of ceiling- walking and trapezo work., Mr. Haight is said to be the principal owuer of tha new hous. ‘RELIGIOUS. Proceedings i the General Confor- cnce of tho Mothodist Church South. LouisviLie, Ky., May 11.—In the Qeneral Conferenco to-day, the Committee on Books re- ported thut thoy hnd considered the proposition of transferring the property of tho Southwest- orn Publishing Houso in 8t. Louls to the South- orn Mothodist Publishing Houee, -and recom- meunded the adoption of a resolution locking to the transfer of said property if the necossary mirangements could be made s0 ns not to iujure the publishing intoreats of the Church. After considorablo dieouseion the matter was teforred bacl to the Committes, TOUNDARIES. ‘The Committee on Doundaries recommended the formation of a Gormau Conference in Texas and_ Louisisun, to bo known os the German Misgion Couferonce of the Methodist Lpiscopal Church Houth, It wns amended by striking out the words * of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,” and {usorling in thoir stead **of Texas and Louigiana,” Tae amendment was adoptod. I'ho roport was thon adopted. The Committeo &lso recommonded the TOMIATION OF A NEW CONFERENCE, including Colorado nud New Mexico, to be callodl the Donver Conforenco, Adopted. The Comumitteo also recomuiendod tho formation of & conterouca in 3ontana, to be enlled TIE MONTANA CONFERENCE, Bishop Marvin was called upon to give the Conforence some information in regard to the condition of the Church in that territory, Ho stated that the Southern M. E. Church had done moro work in that torritcry than avy other chureh, ond that it had s grontor prestige. It was 700 or 800 miles from tho sont of auy Conforeuce, 1f thoy did not orzanizo n Couferance ho thought thoy might as well give up the entorprise. They should, however, assist them by seuding smong them wmissionnries, Ho spoke of the produetives ness of tho soil, which exceedod anything Le had seon outside of Culifornia, It thoy could send soma_ropresentativo to the large towns, ha thought they would be well supphied. After some discussion, the report was adopted. OIANGE OF NAME, The Committes also reported in faver of changing the pamo of the West 8t. Louis Cons forence Lo tho Southwestern Conforcnce, The clinnge was adopted without discussion, The Committee were not in favor of grauting the trupsfer asked of o small portion ol the torrito- ry of the North Alabama to the Alabama Con- fereuce., The Conferouce, after somo othor unimpor-. tant business, adjournca, —_— THE WEATHER. Wasmnarow, D, 0., dMay 11.—For the Upper Lalkes and the Northiwont areas of rain and cooler wonther, with variable winda aud continued low baroneter. LOCAY, OUBERVATIONS, Oni0aGo, May 11, 1674, Hour oo § | 51 E |nrection and [ § | 5| & Uorce of | Teather. R 30.04 €5 Falr, 0.05) 70 il rain, B o1l 70 Threatening FORT 03} 71 Light rain, 0:00 p. an.. | 10.05] 69 i, 10418 . .| 10.08! 67 Faly, Tuxhun (herapmotor, 61, Minjmum thermotetor, 7 GDNERAL OLSERVATIONS, Q1t10AG0, Mny 191 3, T, Stat.on, Thr| Wnd, [Han Weather, Bracklurto I K, W,, freah, b, Lol Calro, 10 70V, 20,00 20.01! i, 20,00} 50,60 Ny fros 8N, W, frc BIBOPLLANECUS REPOLTH Spectal Dispateh to The Clacay_Tribune, JaNesviLLg, Wik, Muy 11,—TFine rain all through Bouthern Wisconsin laat evoning, sup- plyiug & want grontly needed. Swecias bispateh to The Chicano Tribune, Berorr, Wis, Moy 11.—8overal fino showors foll horo yesterday afternoon aud evening, Nain wan groatly nooded, and has done nu immonse amount of good to tho growing crups, which promiso finely, excopt winter graln, whioh i Tathor poor. CRIME. Desperato Fight with Fugitive Con- viets at Jeffersonvillo, Inds Munioipal Frauds Reported in Now Yorlk and Brooklyn, Other Criminal Matters. Dosporato Fizht with Convicts. Jrerersonvinne, Ind., May 11.—~Wiilinm Kon- nody, from Shelby County; Alfrod Afilegar, from Kuox Coumy; Willinm Stanley, from Vandor- burg County; and Newton Port, from Dearborn County,—four conviots-confined in the Htate Prigon in this city,—mndo ono of the most des- perato attompts over mado in this privon to on- cupo, About, 4 o'clock to-day, the Turnkey oponad the main gato to lot out tho gentlomon connected with the Houthwestorn Caxr Company, whon tho four convicts ruskied for tho gate, with largo knives and rovolvers, Thoy knockoed tho guard, G, Ohamberlain, down, and escaped into tho yard. Chamberlain recovered himself, and with the Warden, Col. Shultor, assisted by other anrds and o trusty colored sersant, named rown, with sovoral citizone, started in pursuit. ‘Thoy overtook tho oscaped convicis, Keunedy had’ takon off his prison pants, lenving um dressed 1n citizons’ clothes. A floreo and rapid firing commoncod on both sides, which continued sovoral ininutos Tho gunrd, Chamberiain, wos shot through tho ho?(l and dled immodintoly. Nowton Post, ono of the conviots, was killed, body being riddled with bullets. Brown, the conviot who assisted in re- ur.'.nrfng the prisoners, wag norioml{ burt but it is thought not fatally, by o bail_in the faco. Afifognr doliboratoly shot at tho Wardon twica. Tho firat bufi grazod his head, doing no injury, Tha other pnesod through' bis right pantd leg nbove iho knoo. ‘Lho Warden then rushed upon the convict, knocked him down and rooupturod him, The ofher two convicts—Stan~ loy and Keynedy—wero also caught, takon back aud focked p, . The verdict of the Coroner's jury says Chnm-~ borlalu's denth was caused by o pistol shot in the hauds of the conviet Kennedy. The jury could not find _ovidenco as to who shor the convict Novwlon Port, and has adjourned till to-morrow, QGreat excitement prevails. There iano olow ag to bow the prisoners seoured their arms. Assnule with Intent to KKill. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Lavonte, Ind.,, May 1L,—George Bailoy, nr- rested Tnst Snturdny evenlng, was. to-dey ar- raigned before Justice Whitehend on the chargo of pesault with infont to kill Fred Milton, and held to bal in bonds to tho nmount of 1,000, In the aftornoon he was brought beforo Justico Fradenbury on oharges of robhory and Iarceny porpetrated on John H. Oppenhelmer, of Chicrgo, nnd was hold n 2600 bail to avswer to all the charges at the noxt torm of the Clrouit Uourt. Failing to Fivu bail, Lo was sont to jail. It scems ho was mplicated in o gambling schome wbich was ba- mgbad on the wostward-bound ovening train, and doparted, as soan as tho train etopped, with all tho staltes, Quite n chase was fmmedintaly bogan, atid, after having run about threo miles porth of tho city, be was_finally ovortalen and arrested, at which timo his nssault upon said Milton with a firoarm took place. Reported Atocities in the Milwaukee Poor Ilouscs Special ‘Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. MrLwaukzE, May 10.—Muck excitemant was causod to-day by tho statementthat two men had died violent deaths in the Insano Dopartment of the Poor-Houso, aud that no inquests or inquiry bad boon beld, Thefaots camo out by an oye- witness confessing to a priost, who rofused ab- ealution unless hie communicated with the an- thoritics, The matter is now in the hands of the Suporvisora. Oue of thomen in alicged to bavo been benton to doath, and the other was strapped tight whilst in delirium tremens, and left alono all night, being dead when cut down in the morning. omicides Special Dignatch to The Chicaqo Tridune. Poro, 1, May 11.—Thia evoniog, about b o'clock, Edward 0'Brion shot:and killed Pavia McCoy, son of the City Marshal. O'Brien is now in the hands of tho proper authorities. Frauds in the New York and Brooklyn City Govornments. Nrw Yorw, May 11,—The Aldermanie Com- mittes _appointed ta luvestigato the allegod streot-cleaning frands met this afternoon. Mayor Havemosor's communication on_tho sub- {uct was read, aftor which Ald. Ottordorfor. snid ha did not rogard tho expiessed wish of tho Mayor to havo the matter invostigatod as ein- cera, a8 enough corruption and fraud had been shown by the TLogislative Committeo on tho samo matter, not only to have the Polico Commigsionors _romoved, but slso indicted by the Grand Jury. He looked upon tho Mayor as shielding the Potice Commuesian- e, Ii was agrood to muko out spocifio charges ageinst the Commissioners, and roquest thoir immedinte romoval, ¥ Comptrollor Schiroeder, in a letier to the City Council of Brooklyn, states that thero is n de- ficiency of $25,000 in the roturna of tho former Siroet Commissioner's colloctions. Pehiberaie Avsassinntion. Mesteins, Tern,, May 1L —Furthur partioulnrs in regard to the killiug of Capt. O. W. Edwards, at Bledsoes Landing, Ark., on Friday last, show that it wus a doliborate nesassiuation. Dr, Aliin hoving nsked bim to issuo an atcachment, Bd- wards declined ng be was uo longer & magistrate, Allin then attompted to bribe hun fo do so, wards then ordored hin out of bis house, and turned to outer his wife's room, when Dr, Allin levoled & shot-gun, and crving out *““Hero’s luck,” discharged it, killing Edwards instaatly. Allin cscaped. Ho wns formerly in tho snnko show businoss here. TEdwards' body was brought hore 10-day for ntorment. CASUALTIES, Another Victim of Onrclessnosss Special Diayatch to I e Chicago T'ribine. BURLINGTOR, Ia., Mav 11,—A torrible tragedy occurred jn this cily this aitornoon, resulting in the donth of a Mrd, Buthpen. A friond of the family, & young men named Jamos Hardee, was in the house, andin the course of n conversa- tion began Inl‘ldng about revolvers, when Hardee wont to o cupbonrd and gob an old navy pistol which had not besn used for soversl yems, Whue handling it it went off, the ball striking Mrs, Suthpen fu the hoad, passing through am fodging in the window-frame, She lingerod for about an hour, aud then died. Iardes 15 undor arrest to awuit investigations. Two Persons Killod nud Several Ins jured by the Fall of a Builuing, BurraLo, May 11.—About 6:30 this altornoon, without provious warning, MeAithor's four-stor brick block on Muntn strect, nbove Laglo, feli wish & torrible crash, orushing in the adjoluing 'The blooks oonfootionor ; & Co., varioty two-story block (Stevenson's). were ocoupiod by MeArthur, TLunke, jovolor; Cook, Shofol store, nand othors. A daughier of the janitor; Trank Noglo, 6 years old, was instantly killod; also & ason” of Irof. Tiuclsham, Principal of the Btate Normal Scheol, 14 yearsof age. Mrs, Buckham had o log brolcon and wau moverely bruised. Emuna G. Morse, 14 yours old, had her left arm torn off and bov skull fruotured. Reports provail that one or mora are stitl undcr the debrls, There wore many nmrow eecapes, soms thitty persona being in the build- iug when it fell. The causo ia attributed to the curclessnoss of sbmo masons who knooked ont a pottion of the back wall of NeArthur's block ta conueat with tho building in the rasr, Loss ostimated at 360,000 —_——— TEMPERANCE, Rosolutions Adopted by tho Nationnl Cemperince Soclety. New Yonk, May 11.—At the annual meoting of tho Nationni ‘omperance Soolety to-day, Wiliiam 1, Dodgo was elocted Prosident, Elgihl«y-nlghl Vice-L'rosidents wero elected, nmoug them Vice- President Wilson, Jolil B, Qough, Ienry Ward Beocher, Naj.-Gow, O. O, Howard, the Hon, Sehuyler Colfux, and Gen, Clinton B, Fisk, The following resolutions were adopted s Hesolved, "That wo hail with profound gratitudo, and on un occsslon {0 great encourayement, tho romiria- e awalcentug of publio iuterest {n temperunce roform dnring tho punt yoar, Thut we greot with great satiefaction the pae- sage by thue Benste of the Unitod Hiutes of s bill providing for & Natlonnl Commission of Inquity concorning the liquor-trafie and the rcsults of probibitary aud resteletive loglulution for tho yreven- fon of futemperauce, und wo earuestly request tho lruse of Representutives to promptly conour in this mportunt nicasuro, “hut wo carnostly appeaito clergymen, and the pub- Uo ut large, not slouo to wbstain” thumselves, but to feath othurs to sbataln from the we of alcolioliv bovprages, - | ARKANSAS. (Continnel {rom tho Tirst Pagos favor of adjourning until every one of your supposed odliorents 8 resent; with oo "wnderstanding Jnt o will disband his troopa fn the proportion that you dfs- hnnd sourn; (hat yau will ot uway s far west ao ho is omt of tho Blate Houns, nnd atlow it to bo tirned over to tho Rosrotary of 'Stafe, who ta its legal cune fodlan, ana that you wil doponlt tho Btato arms in e Sitato Armory, Tho mombora of tho Legialaturo fn Littlo Rock Nenrtlly npprove this proposition, and I am directed by the Prenidont to nay that b considers 1his folr nnd snoronnble, and that your interosta ro- quirn it mmoadiate sccoptence, Antwer, (6lgued) Gv.unflXI!lL WrLLIAMA, 1 onoy-General. WILUANS 7o pextEn. il o tho Tom, Flteha Dnzter, sl ek sop o 0 1 81 : Tam direclsd by o Presidont {0 any that ho consldery you rraposition fulr and ronsonable, and I’ lovo usked Brooks for its immediato accoptancs by {m, (8lgned) Gronor H, Wirttans, Aitorusy-Genoral, ATRANAAS LEGISLATURE. TO TIF, PRERIDENT, Tho following wag roceived bore this nftor- noon 1, 5.0, 5, Grant, Prestte, Warhiagmnr, N0 Moy e s, e nudersigued, momlers of tho donerat Ane scmbly of Arkaneus, present hers to meet undor the call of Goy, axter, Jinva read his (Baxtar's) resporiea £ your telegram 40-day, and we most Lienctily spprove anil {ndorso it. (Bignod) D, T, Amnrw, “Trisident of tho Benato, and olght otiice Senntors, 3, PINDALL, Speaker of tho Honse, and {hirty-aix ‘othor mombers ‘proseut. SPORTING MATLERS, Tho Loxington, IKy., Xacess TiexivaTow, Ky., May 11:—The spring mest- ing of tho Kontuoky Assosintion commencod to- day, undor the most favoralle ausploes and mag- nificent woather. The track is in bottor condi- tion thon for ynars. A largs audience from bomo and abroud is hera. ‘I'hord were sixteon euiries for the first raco tho Phanix Hotol stales, for S-year-olds, 154 mile dash, Six started. The pool betting on Saturday night and_ to-day was: H. P. McGrath'a Aaron Ponnington, ®140; flold, 370, McGrath’s entry was so decidedly {ho favorite that it was oxcludod from tho pools, after which o unmber vera sotd, ns follown: Warrior, 8100; Excolutor, $38; Bigtellow, §2l; Mogibbon's ontry, 321; Grinstena’s, 821, 'he horsos were broaght promptly to tho acors, and £ot o good Btart, The rave was closely contest- ed, McGrath's Anron Pennington winning by two lengths, Excel and Digfollow maling & doad The result hent, The rost woio not plucod. wg McGrath's Asron Penntogton Hurper's £xcel, and AfcCallfs’ Time—1:873, The socond race, milo hoats, for = purse of £800, was won by Jury in fwo atraignt hents, Thore wore seven ontrics, and the same oumber started. Before the firet heat, tho pools stood nhout a8 follows : Jury, 8120; Nellie Grim, 263 ; Somoraot, 845 ; fleld, 840, Aftor tho first heat, which wa onsily won by Jury, tha betting stood ! Jury, €115 flold, 43 Bowman's Somereet, 4 Grinstoad’n Bophte Boddeley. ... Stoward's Dill C., by Beacon.. Bayit's Nellio Grim, by Asterol Bard's Lidn Gaius, by War Danc Thomag’ Warkeol, by War Danc McGrath’s July, by Lexington, . Tune—1:4; Base Balle TEE HANTFORDS DEFEAT TUE DATTIMORES—16 70 6, Special Dispaleh to The Cliicago Tribune, Hartronp, Conn., May 11.—The Baltimores met with their wsual suceess in their roturn gnme horo to-day, boing defented by a scoro of 1610 6. Tho nttondance was small, and, with the exception of somo heavy batting' by Pike, und some oxcelient fiolding by Ryaw, tho gamo was 8low, and caroloasly playod. Tuninios— 1234567839 Martfords 2.0 64008332 0-16 Baltmores, 0000120 3—6 Addy went down_to Boeton this evening an fonth man. Tho Hartfords oxpoct to keop the Bostons down to-morrow, and have soms honos of o victory in the roturn-gamo Wednosday. The Baltimores want homo to-night and said they Were poing to reorganize. THY, APHLXTICN AND PHILADELPHIAS. specal Dispateh to 1ha Chicaga Tribune. PRILADYLPHIA, Pa., Moy 11.~The grounds nt Tyyenty-fifth und JolTerson atreots wore crowded this afternoon to witness the third contost of the senson botwoen the Athletic and the Ihila- delphia Brso Ball Clubs, The Quaker toawm had Docu Gomowhat changed with aview af strongth- ening their flelding and batting qualities, but the desired object wns not obiained. It is safe to say that this was tho poorest plnyed game of tho searoa in thiy city, muling aud fumbling boing the order of the day. Faso on passea bril—Cravar, 1. Zime af pame—3 hours and 1) minutes, Unypiro—Mr, Thomoa Caroy, Mutual Baso Ball Club, Now Yorl, The Athletics Joft to-night for Chicngo. The Dbetiing at Bond & Co.'s pool-rooms to-mght was dooidedly favorablo to their Chicago apponents. Weston?s 500-1ile Walking=Match. New Yong, May 11,—Weston Degan hix 500- mile walk at nve minutes past 12 o'clock this morning, in the holl of the American Institute. James Gordon Dennott accompasied him in his firat four rounds of tha hall, which wore made at o spanking l[(nit. Wanton expects to finish bis tank by 11 o'clock on Baturdny next. He iu on- deavoting to-day to make 115 miles within the twenty-four hours. New Yonk, May 11.—Weston accomplishad 115 miles in 23 hours, 50 minutes, and 58 soc- onds, o will rest until 5:90 . m., whon he ro- wumaes his walle. N e LOCAL ITEMS. The various keno-rooms on the Bonth Side were closed Jast might by ordors emanating from headquarters, It is said the Mayor hes ra- coived numberless lottors asking that tho gamo be stopped. Their prayers are now anaworad. Tho verdict in tho deati of the baby who diod horo on its way from the old conniry was “Death from oxbaustion.” Coroner Stophens held the inquest. © Accidontal death,” was tho verdict in the death of August Rtekor, aged 7 years, who was drownod in the slip noar Twolfth straot on Sun- day afternoon. Deputy Coronor Piigiam held the inquest. A Q The inquost on the romains of John H. Drake, who died suddenly ut the Gauit Houee on Satuc- doy evening, resnlted in a verdict of ** Donth from gpoplexy.” Dr. Henrotin held the post- mortem examination. An inquest was hsld on tho romaius of the unlnown _woman who was found in the rivor sear the P., 't. W, & G, R, R, bridgo on Sunduy morning, A vordict of drownod was rendered, a8 00 marks of violonce wera found on tha body, Jacob Klino kas boon missing from his rosi- dence, 180 West Randolph streot, since April 4, Ilo is 40 yonia old, 6 foot 8 lnchos in leight, mustacho and_whiskers o littio aray, Ha laa \‘;”xfn and two children, who would liko to hosr of m. One of the strect-cleancrs on Blue Island ave- nue, John Furgeron, was run over while at work yestorday aftornoon and wue soverely injured, 1o was fakeu to Lis homo, corner of Dix stroot and Chicago avenve, by Oficor Fiold, of the TFifth Irecinct, nnd carod for. MARRIAGES. ORVI-RTLRY—Tn thiaoliy, Aprl o0 by fha Trido's faihicr, the Rov, Gy O. Trinp, Mr. Goorge'Orvia and Dra, AnnaJ, Riley, both of s clty, DEATHS, TOVAN~Tn thls clty, Day 1, Mra, i Tian, at the raaldunce of hur dauightor, Mra, Hsll, No. 11’ Buttor~ e tniral ot Wednesday, at 10:008, m.y by cars to Cal- vary Cometory. AUCTION SALES, By LEONARD & GO, Auotiouoors, 48 and 50 Bromfield-at,, Boston, ANCIENT AND MODERN PATINTINGS! ‘Wodnosdey, May 13, at 11 o*cloolk, At Rooms No. §and 8, No, 22 Sohacl-st., Boaton. A‘GriTnotlnn of AnCIanE s Hodsen BT fug the 1iuo orlgluiu] plature by Pau] Yoronoss, o ** Mar- flago in Omu? a Biota, ‘or’ Doud Chelt, b Gorryputo: (oly Family L{luu-n: athora by Brill, Birghom, Kotk Iaratty aud othacs of he O1d Mastore: 01 tho flodoru, Roild of Nome, Hrou of Loudun, lisickhart aud Lix of Antirarp, Cliatlon toatin, Vivian, and othors. Monday, April “Filo cofloaty ¥ oy oot o e o ol By BRUSH, SON & CO., 4L und 4 Bouth Oanalaty WEDNESDAY, May 16, a 0:30 m, m,, wo shall sell & large Hua of FURNITURE and CARPETS Of all kinds, ~ Alsc, at 1 .o, n Iforse, Coverad Buggy, 1 ) 'Ton Ctiosts, &o. sad it AR 68 St durn Paiufingg, ipofud- AUCOTION SALES, e mnannannn By BLISON, POMEROY & GO. AUCTION SALE Of 217 MIGN-CLASY MODERN JIE PAINTINGS, Dy distingoished Amorjoan and Forolgn Artists, From the New York Avtists' Salosrooms, Paiutings all mounted in Haudsoma Gilt Frames, Bato commnuces Triosday Morninz, Mnay13, at 10n'clook, eantinulng Aftornoan ab 3 snd lvoniue 8t 7:0, aod Vi iamo Liours, at our Galosfooine, h ‘The followis fowof the distingulshod ta ST 07, Stinehiod sems "“"1‘7"'"“ Hart, ‘William Hact, Kooty 3 Wi Canaaicrs ol Melgone Tonrica Hostor, W\ A, Or Brorloka, Tirueat Baker, o Ruslin, '.ll{nrhohn. ' Rasonburg, "Will bo on oxhibition Mondsy, Day and Gvening. Cate alagnos furatshed. Bslo without resseva, FLISON, POMEROY & 00., Auot'rs. TIE ADIOURNED PEREMPTORY OII}EIGTION SALE 150 Large & Fligible Lots, NEAR NORTHWESIERN OAR BEOTS, ‘Will POSITIVELY tnke place on the ground, Thursday, May 14, at 12 oclock, A SPIOIAL IREE TRAINwill Isave Wolls-st. Dopoh at 10 o'clock, ealling at Halstod-st, and Ashland-av,, ro- turalug immediatoly aftor salo. This Proporty Is sltusted on RIOAMOND, CLEVE. LAND, and CHICAGO-AVS., tmmediatoly adjoining the Proporty of tho Northwostern R, R, Co,'s Oar Shops, only ashort distanco from tho new City Limits, snd alout 30 minutos’ ride from the hosrt of the oity, by froquent trains which ran to thisraptdls-growing subisb, On Richmond-av. there aro sovon cottagos, with large lota. On Chiengo-av., o largo store, with dwelling, snd near 160 unimproved lots. Tho sale is POSITIVE, withont any imit or reserve. TERMS within th roach of all. Only110 Ia cash ea unimproved lots, §10a mouth for tho balaneo, ON OOTTAGES AND LOTS, 335 cashi at timo of sals, 825 & month ‘ON STORE, 850 onsh, £60 n month untilallls pald, with {ntorost at 8 por oont per annum. THE TITLR is porfeot. Abatract farnishod. ELISON, POMEROY & 00., Auctionoers. By GEO. P, GORE & C0,, 68 & 70 Wabash.nv, BANRRUFPT SATH 800 Liots Miscellancous Goods, consisting® n part of WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS, RIBBONS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ET, To be_sold without_reserve, on Tuesday Morning, May 13,at 9 o'clock. Also epcolal snlo of Fino Linens, Embrolderios, Fdge s, oto.. Laooy, Rufltags, Ladios! and GUldcess Us darwear, ete. A stuck of Mon's and Bosa' Summor Huta, Also Liuen and Straw Iats, Tacbans, o A fine Jino of Ingrain’ Cn&mh at1l o'slnolc, EO. P, GORE & CO,, 6 and 70 Waba:hav, sSALE OF Dnogies, Piogtons, Democrals, & Harness, ON TUESDAY, MAY 13, AT 11 A. M, GEO. P. GORE & CO.. 63 and 70 Wabsshav, EXTRA LARGE AND FINE LINE OF BOOTS, SHOES, AND SLIPPERS, TWill boafford st onr auction sala on WEDNESDAY, May 13, at 8 a, m. - ¢ . GORE & CO., 68aud 70 Wabash-av. FOREIGN AND AMERICAN BOOERE.SS (New and Socond-hand), TUESDAY Morolng, My 13, &t 10 o'clotk, at our snles-voom, 1(8 Enst Aladiron-st. VML A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctionesrs. MORTGAGEI’S SALD. tite Farnitrs ofa Privals Resiene AT 690 WABASH-AY., Tuesday Noraiug, at 10 vclock, May 12, 1874, ‘The whalo_caualatl f Par [« lng. R, M Kitoboh e ol o ol pa hold offucta of gentool dwolling, Wi A BUTTERS & CO., Aucttonsors. CROCKERY, Qlass, and FPlated Ware, Tabla Cutlery, Curpeting, Oil Cloth, Etc., WEDNESDAY, May13, ot half-past 9 o'clock, st ous salosroowms, 108 East Madlson- WAL A, BUTTERS & €O.. Austionocrs. DRY G00DS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, && THURSDAY, May 7, at 0 o'clock, at 108 Madison.st. WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneors, DTAMOND JEWELRY ) AT ATCTION, . Thursdsy Morning, May 14, at 10 c’olock, At our Salosrooms, 108 Bazt Madlson-st. W shall eell a fina stook of Diamonds, such oy Clustor and Singlo-Stono Diamond Rings and Pin, Dimond Studs, Dinmond Far.ttings, Clustor Diamond Geose, w 21 Drilliants; a Brililant_Sinelo-Stono Ring, arate Stons Caco 1tinga s Tockots, mounted 1h solld gaid: e Sarats Unisat. Lichiliante, "Vhovo goods. ate b of o bost quaity, anil will bo oa exhibition on Wodnosday 10 o'clock, womlng b K RseR BUTTERS & CO., Austioners, 46 RESTDENCE LOTS ‘Whittier’s Subdivision, SOUTH CHICAGO, Monday Aflernoon, May 18, at 2 o'lock, At Buttora’ Salesroam, 168 ltast Madisonst. WM, A. BUTIERS & CO., Auctionesrs, BRI ) o Casies i ta g Commission Morohant DUt tromns Kuotian Tonits, 638 Wosh Lako-ste No. 20 Wilcox-av., 2 Blookssouth of Madison-st. on Weatorn-av, W will noll the entiro contonis, Tuesdny, Moy 12, Pati 11?: ln. um., Pomsbinept st Tren Dl Chimbery ‘arlut Blove: lso 1 firt-clasy Floronco Soiving 3Ia shine mare, Outlory, o, &0, a wuln‘l‘vll“"'n:nd ! ‘No, 633 Wost Lakuvats WE WILL SBELL On Wednesdny, May 13, at 10 n. m. Also, in the Evening at 7 1-2 p, m,, AL our Warorooms, No. 638 West Lako-zte, A LARGE LINX O Household Goods, Conslsting of Oarpats, 1 Emplre Parlor Bodstend, 1 T2le- ‘snt MarblosTon Ubambar Boty 1 Hotowiod Sar; Bacdor arnituro, Marblo-Top Tablos, Stovs, Oroukory, Glaske ware, &0., &o, . Lok ot for hatgnin, AL ¥, MODOES & C0., Auotlonsors., TRCLLVEIYS SALL, Tl sell, at Publio Anotion, at tho son Twotfirand Cantleapin o bha 108 ey orogoormor ot moclul k103, ey 4 following proportys . gl idusy” 0nih Novaee, thtus dois nemoss, thraa Jumber wikdonstlied Gno Griross wagns - A rtgo tocat daa doors, ' i, “SB00 et 000 St of ol s st it Bwor: 39 Akimiod. oloar 1ok lutabor, Bavdwood fumbor, - " 4 Mok AUCTION, PAOKING-IIOUSE FIXTURLS, Wi Mg I Dn oot o i o M EDNESDAY, Ono Btoam Builr, ono U|)rll§\l\. toant Kngiug onnduk:‘ K.‘all nd Fittings, comploto, all_fu mm{ Tier; one La ous Lard Coolor, onu Flhl)lll s' Dorman) i s, Jinrrows, 8. . Biill, Liam Pumbk wnd Yaod L & piokiogLouss, Bl positrse: